Table 2. Demographic and social characteristics of tuberculosis outbreak patients, New Jersey, New York City, Baltimore, and Maryland, 1995–2001.

Characteristic	New Jerseya	New York City	Baltimore	Maryland	Total
	n=5	n=10	n=18	n=6	n=39 (% of total)
Median age, yrs (range)	20 (6–33)	30 (1–40)	24 (19–43)	33 (21–46)	26	(1–46)
African-American	4	9	18	5	36 (92)
Born as male	2	10	14	4	30 (77)
House member	1	7	11	0	19 (49)
Pediatric patient	2	1	0	0	3 (8)
Foreign born	1	0	1	0	2 (5)

^aProbable nosocomial exposure for one of these two patients occurred at a New Jersey hospital before the patient’s relocation to Maryland.